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Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus

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Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Arminidae
Genus: Dermatobranchus
Species:
D. nigropunctatus
Binomial name
Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus
Baba, 1949 [1]

Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific region. It was described from Japan. It has been reported from Eastern Australia.[3] but this record refers to Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Baba, K. 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. 194 pp., 50 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-09-30
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (April 18) Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus Baba, 1949. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ^ Gosliner T.M. & Fahey S.J. (2011) Previously undocumented diversity and abundance of cryptic species: a phylogenetic analysis of Indo-Pacific Arminidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) with descriptions of 20 new species of Dermatobranchus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 245–356.